Researchers attach tracking devices to three-pound opossums, allowing them to track and capture pythons who eat them.
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Possums vs. pythons: How Florida’s only marsupial became a weapon against invasive snakes
KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...
Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...
Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida's invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.
Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...
Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...
Researchers in Florida are capturing invasive Burmese pythons by using tracking devices placed on raccoons and possums.
Florida scientists are scaling up a novel python-tracking program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, ...
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